Chapter 864： Depravity is a complicated process

When "Under Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" dropped from the North American market with a box office of US$452.45 million, it basically ended its overseas screenings, and the final global box office totaled US$1.476.58 million. A terrifying number.

Such box office results also ensure that the film has overwhelmed last year's popular "Ice and Snow Adventure" and firmly sits at the fourth place in the total box office list of movie history.

The "Harry Potter" series of movies came to an end. The total box office of the eight films totaled 8.35645 million U.S. dollars, surpassing George Lucas's six-part "Star Wars" and becoming the most-grossing film series of all time.

However, the box office is only the tip of the iceberg for the profits of the "Harry Potter" series, and the income from various peripheral derivatives is even greater and terrifying.

Although it is not as exaggerated as Wall Street predicted that the movie would create hundreds of billions of dollars in output value at the end, after the downgrade of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows", according to the statistics of many authoritative organizations, "Harry Potter" In addition to the original novels and movie box office revenue, the peripheral derivative products have brought Walt Disney more than 48 billion U.S. dollars in revenue, and the value of the industry created on this basis is close to 80 billion U.S. dollars!

These are only statistical revenues. The sales of products in some countries and regions are really difficult to calculate. In addition to the legitimate products that can be counted, in some countries and regions with unfavorable copyright protection, there are still a large number of pirated and counterfeit products. Taking these into account, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Harry Potter series has created an industrial chain worth hundreds of billions of dollars in ten years.

Regardless of Disney and other profitable parties, Ryan alone has received a total of more than 3 billion U.S. dollars in after-tax shares from the income of peripheral derivatives. This does not count as a shareholder from Walter. Those bonuses that Disney got.

If books can make a super rich, it is the Harry Potter series.

Although with the end of the film, the entire series created revenue. It will show a decline, but hundreds of billions of dollars is definitely not the end. This industry chain will continue to create huge revenue for Ryan and Disney in Disneyland, Disney Children's Channel and every corner of the world.

Moreover, when the series is over, it is impossible for Disney to re-shoot in the short term, so the animated series of the "Harry Potter" series was put on the agenda by Disney. Regardless of whether the cartoons can achieve great success like movies in the future, Can promote the sales of peripheral products.

Yes, selling peripherals is the eternal theme of this series!

When the new awards season is fiercely competitive. When the media and the public looked back, they found another horrible fact. The top five movies in the box office of film history all belong to Disney, and they all have a direct relationship with Ryan.

"Avatar", "Titanic", "Avengers", "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and "Frozen Adventure" occupy the top five in the world movie history box office chart. Looking further back, "The Lord of the Rings 3" "The Return of the King", "Pirates of the Caribbean 3: Stormy Tides", "Toy Story 3" and many other Disney-produced and released films are still the main force in the second echelon.

Disney production has left an indelible mark on the entire world film market. Hollywood will inevitably record the past two decades and Ryan's name in the annals of history.

"Since the birth of Hollywood and even movies. No one or a company has ever achieved such crazy results as Ryan!"

When the new year came, Ryan was once again selected as the cover character in the opening issue of Time. And supplemented by this passage.

Soon afterwards, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" won the Oscar nomination for Best Picture, and many media believe that this film can completely impact the Best Picture Statuette.

"This is just a booze of media hype."

Sitting on the Malibu beach, basking in the warm sun. Ryan cut the apple for Sandy, who was wearing small sunglasses next to him, and said to Taylor on the other side, “They need news that attracts eyeballs. Although Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the final chapter of a super series, As long as I am still alive, the chance of winning the Oscar for Best Picture is close to zero."

"Then why is this, Dad?"

As an important member of this family, coupled with the influence of his childhood, Sandy, who is almost six years old, has understood some of the meanings of Oscars, "Are our films not good enough? Or do we have no money to promote the film?"

"My dear..." Ryan handed over the shredded apple, "This is one of Oscar's rules. You will understand in a few years."

The same type of magic, the same propaganda that justice will eventually defeat evil, the same word-of-mouth and box office double harvest, while "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" can sweep the Oscars ceremony, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" is likely to only Take a few comforting technology awards.

Don’t say that "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" did not have strong competitors at the time. Everyone knows that this film is the biggest hit of the year, and the award is well deserved, and the "Harry Potter" series and "The Lord of the Rings" Compared with the series, in addition to being more childish, there is another disadvantage that cannot be reversed-Tolkien is dead, Ryan is still alive, and the future is promising!

This is one of the unwritten rules of the Oscars that Ryan said to Sandy, just like Heath Ledger won the prize with the advantage of dying by taking drugs. The dead always have some privileges on the Oscars.

If Ryan had an accident before the vote, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" would surely win the best film.

Of course, Ryan is not so crazy, and now a golden man of the best film, he will not be too much in his eyes, Disney has not much public relations for this film.

Even Ryan did not attend this year's Oscars ceremony.

After the Oscars awards ceremony, the film officially named "World of Warcraft: Angry Prince" entered the final publicity stage before the release, including Ryan, Taylor and Natalie and other major cast and crew members began to contribute to this film Unlike previous films, there are very few examples of successful game adaptation films, and Ryan also put most of his energy into publicity.

Disney has also used all its media resources for this movie, which has a total investment of up to 300 million US dollars. On TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, online communities and social media, you can see "World of Warcraft: Angry Prince" everywhere. News and advertising.

In addition, out of confidence in Ryan, Disney has also invested a large amount of resources in peripheral products. Dolls and toys of humans, orcs, dwarves, and even the undead of natural disasters have been put into production after patterning and sample preparation. The weapons used by the main characters, such as the power of Menethil of Arthas, the Ashbringer of Darion Mograine, the Iron Staff of Jaina Proudmoore, and so on.

These weapons are obviously different from the shapes in the game. They are not so complicated and gorgeous. On the basis of maintaining the style, they tend to be more practical in the battlefield.

At the same time, in order to cooperate with Disney's promotional film, Blizzard Entertainment also marked the release date of the film on the start interface of the game, so as to attract the most basic game fans to watch the movie.

After entering April, Disney Pictures finally released the first official trailer, which is about two minutes long.

In addition to showing the battle between the coalition of humans, dwarves and high elves and the green-skinned orcs at the beginning, the trailer mainly revolves around Alsace Menethil, and shows in turn the many favorites of his youth. Court life, following the learning career of Muradin King of the Hill and Uther, the Lightbringer, the desire for power, the love for the kingdom, and the heavy burden on the battlefield, and Jaina Proudmoore Entanglement, and the final purification Stratholme!

Just the trailer shows the magnificent momentum of the film, full of magical epic sense, and the outstanding special effects are even more breathtaking. This is definitely not comparable to the five-cent special effects of "Dungeon and Dragon".

Furthermore, although the trailer is very short, it can also be seen that Alsace Menethil is not exactly the same as the setting in the game and the novel. The whole story has obviously been expanded while maintaining the main frame. Adaptation of the range.

This will naturally arouse dissatisfaction from some **** game fans. Fortunately, this series was originally written by Ryan, and the movie script was also adapted by him, which can dilute the dissatisfaction of fans.

At a publicity event in Los Angeles, Ryan also accepted an exclusive interview with reporters for this, and specifically talked about the issue of Alsace.

"Film is a form of expression completely different from games and novels As the absolute protagonist in the film, Alsace has a complicated psychology and personality. The film is indeed telling the story of his fall, but he The process of depravity was not completed in a short time, but a rather long and complicated process."

"In the setting of the game, Alsace's fall is more due to himself. It is undeniable that his fall is inseparable from himself, but has nothing to do with the surrounding environment? Therefore, Disney Pictures is making this While the magical epic story turns into a wonderful picture, it is also exploring the reasons for the fall of Alsace. This will be a deep-seated problem."

What Ryan said is not an exaggeration. Perhaps his script is a standard popcorn script, but after all, Natalie is different from a standard commercial film director like Michael Bay. The films she produced retain Ryan’s commercial intentions. On the basis of, I still brought some of her personal style, and explored the reasons for the tragedy of Alsace in a simpler way.

Of course, as a commercial film, these are only stop-and-go, and will not affect the commercial nature of the film. (To be continued...)

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